Food and Travel
By Anonymous Paul on 11 December, 2015
I really had no rigid schedule to follow on this trip to Tokyo. I just wanted to explore more of the megacity and basically see the parks during the fall. (Which is beautiful, by the way.) Also to do a little Christmas shopping along the way and see some art. (I strongly suggest one sees …read »
Food and Travel
By sanju on 4 December, 2015
I had to attend a business meeting in Tokyo recently and I asked C to tag along together with TB, J and M. Together we had quite a fun few days of eating and drinking extremely well. AP was also in Tokyo at the same time with another group. Alas our paths never crossed because …read »
Food and Travel
By Anonymous Paul on 23 November, 2015
I was in Tokyo for a few days this week; escaping the mad APEC mess. Autumn is really a good time to visit Japan. Cool weather, beautiful parks with the red and gold foliage; walking is so much more enjoyable. And on the average I had probably walked 12 to 15km days. Which pretty much …read »
Food and Travel
By Anonymous Paul on 17 March, 2015
My journey back to Manila from Sapporo was not quite the smoothest experience. We had waited around 3 hours to check in as all flights were either delayed or cancelled due to the bad weather. And once we did get to check in it just became a guessing game if we were to fly out …read »
Food and Travel
By Anonymous Paul on 4 February, 2015
On a recent family trip we had felt iffy about going to Tsukiji Market on our last morning in Tokyo. After being there several days walking around the megacity in the cold, we were just so tired and the temptation to sleep in was just so strong. But I got this incessant wakeup call around …read »
Food and Travel
By Anonymous Paul on 23 January, 2015
Everyone seemed to be in Japan over the holidays. Over the past years it’s been made relatively accessible given the more lenient visa process (they’ve been giving out 5 year multiple entry visas of late), the abundance of affordable flights and hotels and the favorable exchange rate (as of writing around Y1=P0.37). I was in …read »